The 1990
National Invitation Tournament
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was the 1990 edition of the annual
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competition. This tournament adopted the tenths-second game clock in the final minute of every period when played in
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arenas, unlike whole seconds as in past years.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.
[Tournament Results (1990's)](_blank)
at nit.org, URL accessed 2009-11-07
11/6/09
Bracket
Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.
Semifinals & finals
See also
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1990 National Women's Invitational Tournament
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1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the NCAA Division I men's basketball national champion for the 1989-1990 season. It began on March 15, 1990, and e ...
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1990 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
The 1990 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1989-90 NCAA Division I ...
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1990 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
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1990 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
The 1990 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began on March 11 and ended on April 1. The tournament featured 48 teams. The Final Four consisted of Virginia Cavaliers, Virginia, 1989–90 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team, Stanf ...
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1990 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
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1990 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
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1990 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
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1990 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
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